Which Handheld Plays It Better? - ASUS ROG Ally vs. Steam Deck - Skyrim

Channel:

Gaming_for_insight

Subscribers:

485

Published on June 25, 2023 2:32:41 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsEo5fUeM0E

Game:

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Category:

Let's Play

Duration: 5:25

1,418 views

22

Your host Joe introduces the channel segment called Which Handheld Plays It Better. For its first video the game is Skyrim and Joe compares how the game plays on the ROG Handheld and the Steam Deck.

Please note the following parameters of the test results:
- No AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) used in game or on OS
- No Ray Tracing enabled
- Handheld not plugged into power
- Used w/ over 50% battery
- Game time at each TDP limit/setting is at least 1 hour
- Numbers arrived at without screen recording software used
- No frame cap on both devices (in game nor OS)
- No specified Proton driver (Steam Deck)
- Steam Deck OS Version 3.4.8 & OS Build 20230508.1
- 8GB VRAM allotted (ROG Ally)
- 9W & 15W separate profiles created (ROG Ally)
- RC71L version 2.5.30.0 & BIOS upgrade utility for RC71L version 1.319.0 (this is titled bios 319)(ROG Ally)

00:00 - 00:37 Introduction
00:39 - 01:27 Test Results and Test Parameters
01:28 - 01:38 Discussion of Frame Rates (What You Want To Know)
01:39 - 02:35 9 Watt TDP Limit Results
02:36 - 03:27 15 Watt TDP Limit Results (Compared to 9 Watt TDP Limit Results)
03:28 - 04:12 Thoughts on Test Results of 9 Watt and 15 Watt TDP Limit
04:13 - 04:53 Conclusions on Tests
04:54 - 05:27 Conclusion

CREDIT: Original concept design surrounding the thumbnail is from OKestGamer (https://www.youtube.com/@okestgamer)

Other Statistics